Woma Hatchies

[Perko]

I bought a pair of Woma hatchie's in 08, fed the crap out of them, froze them over winter, now i have five of these little worms.
First pic is of mum at 9 months. I will get some better pics once they shed.

 

[Omgitschris]

congrats on the lil ones , how old were mum and dad when they mated ?

 

[Perko]

They were around 17 months old.

 

[leighroyaus]

what was there length when you cooled them? or there length now?

 

[No-two]

I don't think length really matters much, I'd be insterested in their weights though. Good work, the mum is a nice animals, nice thick bands.

 

[leighroyaus]

just curious. yeah weight would also be good.

 

[pythons73]

So the parents were around 17 months when they bred...Any idea on weight of the female before mating...Nice little Womas..defiantly will be getting a pair soon.......MARK

 

[billiemay]

The mum is really nice, pretty colour and nice lines. I get mine in 3 days. Sooo bloody excited.

 

[Perko]

So the parents were around 17 months when they bred...Any idea on weight of the female before mating...Nice little Womas..defiantly will be getting a pair soon.......MARK

I didnt weigh her, but at a guess close to 2kg.

 

[samson]

How much were you feeding them? I've heard this is no good for the snake is it true? Have you done this with other species? Congrats she looks awesome

 

[RELLIK81]

did she have 5 eggs or is the 5 womas including the parents?

 

[snakecharma]

congrats on the hatchies but at the same time breeding at 17 months is abit early imho now i aint having a go or anything its simply my opinion but i have a feeling you may have pushed them abit fast

 

[Perko]

did she have 5 eggs or is the 5 womas including the parents?

She had 7 eggs, two went belly up at about 20 days.

Snakecharma, i didnt force them to do it !!!!

 

[snakecharma]

i didnt say you forced them to breed mate i was simply saying that i feel they have been force fed abit too quickly, i have heard of snakes breeding at 2yo but @ 17mths come on im sorry imo thats just too quick to be healthy

 

[Perko]

No probs snakecharma.
I have never bred womas before, but i knew they would breed this early if fed enough, so i had a crack at it.

 

[Colin]

congratulations craig great stuff.. the female is nicely banded.
I've commonly heard of womas breeding at 18 months old

 

[Perko]

Thanks Colin.

 

[JasonL]

congratulations craig great stuff.. the female is nicely banded.
I've commonly heard of womas breeding at 18 months old

yeah, it's pretty easy to do, I bred two 18 month olds this season.... saying that, I did it out of interests sake and the outcome from both clutches wasn't perfect, unlike the 7 yo that I also bred......

 

[Perko]

Out of intrest Jason, how much more succesfull was the 7 year old?

 

[JasonL]

9 from 9, no slugs from the aged animal, 1st 18 month old laid 5 plus 2 or 3 slugs, out of that 5 fertile eggs I only got 1 and that 1 is small and runty.. 2nd 18 month old had 4 fertile and 3 or 4 slugs, the last egg was oversized (even for a woma) and needed to be "helped" out, this egg not suprisingly went bad straight away, but it was fertile, which leaves three yet to hatch..... maybe